Category Archive For "Training"
4 Tips to Help You Earn Your GORUCK HTL Bolts
GORUCK Heavy, Tough, and Light are each difficult in their own rights. For those who desire to really push the envelope of pain and endurance, you can always do them back-to-back-to-back and complete a GORUCK HTL. But, the HTL is no joke. It is usually in the ballpark of 42 hours of work and can cover …
in Training Five Tips to Crush the GORUCK Star Course by Christian Griffith
This guest post was submitted by Christian Griffith. Christian is an active member of the GORUCK community and is currently running across the United States to prevent & treat child abuse. Before we get to the tips, here are two things you need to do: Go register. (Use code STAR15 to save 15%.) Repeat after …
What is GORUCK?
Recently I was reminded, yet again, that I suck at explaining GORUCK to people. The conversation usually goes something like this: Person: How’s it going? Me: Good. I’m a little tired. I’ve been training for a thing I have coming up. Person: Oh yeah. What is that thing you do? The thing with backpacks or something. …
in Training Free GORUCK Training Guides
If you, or someone you know, is looking to train for a GORUCK Heavy, GORUCK Tough, or GORUCK Light, our friends (actually, I guess that’s actually us since we run both website) over at Ruck.Training have released 3 brand new GORUCK training guides and they are giving them away for free. What is great about these …
Dealing with Muscle Cramps During GORUCK
Below is my subjective experience in dealing with cramping during GORUCK events. This is what worked for me. I’m neither a doctor nor a scientist, so take it for what it’s worth. (TL:DR – I use SaltStick and mustard. It worked for me. No cramps.) A Little Context To set the stage, I occasionally deal with …
Launching Ruck.Training
Ruck.Beer exists because every time I went out for a ruck, I found myself thinking about articles I wanted to write about rucking. Ruck.World exists because after I built Ruck.Beer, every time I went out for a ruck, I found myself thinking about satire articles to write about the weird world of GORUCK. This week, …
Pushing Past Comfort
Me and the family took a quick 3-day vacation to visit the in-laws in Myrtle Beach this week. As I contemplated how I’d train over the few days we were gone, I considered reaching out to the Crossfit gym in town. But I didn’t really want to shell out the coin. I figured I’d grab …
in Training March 2017 Training Log
Below is my training log for March 2017. The training is for life in general and for my 2017 to-do list specifically. Wednesday, March 1 – 100 Push-ups Technique – Double Unders 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off. 5 rounds. Work Capacity – Row 2 min, 3 Cleans @ 95#, 6 Front Rack Lunge @ 95#, 9 …
in Training Top 10 GORUCK Training Tips
Below are ten training tips for your upcoming GORUCK event. Whether your training for a GORUCK Light, Tough, or Heavy, these ten tips should help you get the most of your training. 1. Train Like Your Event (and then some) If you’re new to rucking, then you may need to increase your ruck weight gradually. …
in Training February 2017 Training Logs
Below is my training log for January 2017. The training is for life in general and for my 2017 to-do list specifically. ==TOTAL PUSH-UPS FOR FEBRUARY 990== ==TOTAL PUSH-UPS FOR 2017 YTD 3090== Wednesday, February 1 – 100 Push-ups Work Capacity – 1:45 Airdyne, 9 Box-jump @ 24″, 15 Deadlift @ 185# AMRAP 18 min (5 …
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